Bachtiar Karim
$1.77B
$484K
as of 04/17/25
About Bachtiar Karim
Bachtiar Karim or Lim Ek Tjioe is chairman and CEO of Musim Mas Holdings, a Singapore-based integrated palm oil firm that owns operations in Indonesia.
He runs Musim Mas together with his brothers Burhan and Bahari.
His late father Anwar founded Nam Cheong Soap Factory in 1932; the family run operation still makes soaps and margarine.
The family opened the first palm oil refinery in Indonesia in 1970. Musim Mas was formally set up two years later.
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Citizenship
IndonesiaSource of wealth
Palm oilResidence
Singapore, SingaporeMarital status
MarriedBirth date
11/05/57 (age 67)Number of children
2Self-made
inherited and growingBachtiar Karim’s fortune is worth
29K
troy ounces of gold
27K
median U.S. household
18K
median U.S. income
0.035%
U.S. credit card volume
0.007%
GDP of the United States
0.005%
United States debt
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